John B
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Hey folks- thanks to those who helped my bloated A-4 parts pile shed some weight. All fuselages, wings, and clear parts are gone. The KMC update parts are all gone. All the landing gear, drop tanks, leading edge slats (both Monogram and Hasegawa) are gone. The pile is down to a much more managable couple of sprues.
Bits and pieces remain and I'll keep sending parts to whoever I can help until the GB is over or the parts run out. Please continue to PM me if you need parts (as before), but in the spirit of the parts thread don't hesistate to post your needs/wants here if I don't have it.
BTW - Does anyone have a spare 1/48 Monogram OA-4M fuselage? I just need the fuselage halves and nothing else.
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It is SJU-5/6....................not 7/8
Dave
Thanks Dave. Guess it's that old man thing setting in. First acronyms don't get remembered correctly. Then numbers get mixed up. The indicator for the stage 3 is a SNCO saying "Sir, we don't say dark green, EGA or WM anymore."
What's the next stage? "Why do they call it boot polish?"
Time for my coffee and Metamusil.
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163439 would be an early C with a straight c/l pylon, SJU-7/8 seat (not NACES), grilled (as opposed to screened) gun bay vents, RHAW/ECM/DECM antenna on the forward right nose gear door, and only a single chaff bucket ahead of the main gear bays. If you have a 1/48th Hasegawa F/A-18C, you could build straight OOB without any mods.
CAVEAT - I could be dead wrong. My name ain't F/A-18LegacyHornetFanboy and I don't claim to be an expert. Not responsible for any personal injury incurred in the use of this info.
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Who is that unsat, long-haired, unshaven, dumb-looking, undisciplined, fat-body civilian puke?!?!
Is that what I look like? I need to get back to riding my bike to work, quit eating ballpark fare, and use some Grecian formula! Oh well, at least I buttoned my cargo pockets and my trousers have a crease in them.
Harv - You gotta post that discretely aquired image of the E-2 replacement airframe from China Lake that was sitting all by itself kinda hidden behind other stuff.
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The VMA-324 "DevilDogs" markings from the Pro-Modeler boxing!
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All in 1/48th, the stash contains more than 2 of -
- 10 Monogram/ Revell-Monogram F-14As & Ds
- 1 Hasegawa F-14A (early beavertail)
- 1 Hasegawa F-14A
- 1 Hasegawa F-14D
(I can't remember how many I've built, but I only kept one finished F-14 for myself.)
- 2 Monogram/ Revell Monogram F/A-18As & Cs
- 2 Testors F/A-18s
- 5 Hasegawa F/A-18Cs & Ds
- 2 Revell F/A-18Es
- 1 Hasegawa F/A-18F
(I can't remember how many I've built over the years. +1 is still on public display in a lobby. None remain in my display case.)
- 2 Monogram F-8Es
- 1 Hasegawa F-8E
- 1 C&H RF-8 conversion
- 1 War Eagle RF-8 conversion
(1 Monogram F-8E still in my display case.)
- 1 Monogram OA-4M
- 1 Hasegawa A-4M
- 1 Pro-Modeler A-4E
(+1 Monogram A-4E that I still keep in the display case.)
- 2 Revell-Monogram F-4J
- 1 Testors F-4E/F/G
- 1 Monogram F-4C/D
- 1 Hasegawa F-4B/N (bought in Okinawa in 1994)
- 1 Hasegawa F-4EJ Kai
- 1 Hasegawa F-4EJ
- 1 Hasegawa F-4J
- 2 Hasegawa RF-4Bs (1 actually in progress)
(I can't remember how many I've built over the years. +1 Hasegawa F-4S in my display case. +1 on RF-4B conversion from a Monogram F-4J still on public display in a lobby.)
- 1 Hasegawa AV-8B Plus
- 1 Monogram AV-8B
- 1 Monogram AV-8A
- 2 Monogram A-6Es
- 1 Revell EA-6A
- 1 Revell EA-6B
- 1 Academy F4U-4B
- 1 Tamiya F4U-1D
- 1 ProModeler F4U-5N
(I can't how many I've built over the years. + 1 Tamiya F4U-1, +1 Tamiya F4U-1D, +1 ProModeler F4U-5N still in the display case.)
(whew)
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I checked my stash - I don't have one. I think I sent it off to someone already. Sorry.
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Educate the retired Air Force weenie . . . What's a SARDIP???
I don't remember what the exact acronym stands for (and I don't really care to), but it boils down the same process that every other obsolete/outmoded piece of military equipment goes through.
1 - Remove the item from the inventory listing.
2 - Strip the item of all usable parts.
3 - Remove/destroy all classified material/components.
4 - Remove/disable all explosive, hazardous, or otherwise bad stuff (radioactive etc)
5 - Break it up it into little pieces/components such that it can't be used again.
6 - Send the remains to scrapyard, DRMO, bottom of the ocean, into a landfill, or off to a recycling plant.
There other names for the process depending on service, weather, time of day and celestial alignment, but the end is still the same.
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Hope to see that live & in-person at the next gathering of the SDASM gang out at the annex...
Me too.
Harv what you doing posting on ARC? Aren't you supposed to be working? Oh wait! What am I doing posting on ARC? Aren't I supposed to be working?
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Look sharp and you'll see that my AC has a broken rail...Definately due to repeated stupidity
You think so? I see it as a "replication of an often observed condition and attention to detail."
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(kozlok @ Sep 5 2006, 07:09 PM)
Anyone know if they deactivated the leading edge for the aggressors like on the blue angels jets? I wouldn't think so since they weren't used in formation, but I'd like to know for sure.
No, they didn't.
Just a little extra bit of info. It was a somewhat common occurence for the leading edge slats or the associated rails to break. As a result, it was NOT unusual to see an Adversary Skyhawk with a leading edge slat from another jet in a different scheme. (BTW - The F-16Ns got grounded a while in the early 1990's for stress cracks. Some F-5Es were written off for being overstressed as well. Some F/A-18As painted in Adversary colors are often seen with flaps that don't match the rest of the airframe, too. Harv might know folks who broke said planes at Miramar. :huh: )
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Sorry Harv - No gots. Gee, I don't from whom you could've gotten a complete A-4E and a pile of resin A-4 parts. :huh:
So does anyone have a spare A-4M nose from the Meteor Productions/ Cutting Edge A-4M Conversion for Harv?
ATTN MODS - Is there some way to change the sub-topic heading to read "Search/swap/sell Skyhawk sundry spare parts"?
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The respective companies are responsible for the artwork and have no control over the printing!
If you get a bad sheet, it is not the individual companies fault (registration being the only exception as the sheets are more than likely inspected before they're packed up). The issue should be with Microscale.
If and when you do discover a bad sheet, you should contact the company immediately with a full description of the problem. They in turn can do some research to see if there are more sheets with the same issue. If there are, they can then contact Microscale to hopefully get it fixed.
Decals are like any other product produced. You can have 1000 sheets that are perfect in every way, but there can always be one, two, or a few that get messed up in the printing process.
Wow! A clear, concise, and fair assessment that includes a course of action that the consumer should follow. There isn't one egotistical word of "My decals are better than anyone elses" or "My decals are always without defect". There's no finger-pointing, chest-thumping or shouting going on. Very professionally done, Dave! A definite cut above.
(I don't believe it's El Nino, it's all part of a conspiracy!) :(
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Aha! Found the threads -
Italeri F-14 Thread - another opinion
So just forget what I posted earlier and check out the threads.
kit-bash V. 1) to use the best part of multiple kit to make one good one 2) N. the ceremonial result of throwing a model kit against the wall. "I gave up trying to build the Hobbycraft F-14 and had a kit-bash with a hammer."
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Hey folks,
First off, I regret that I can't participate in the A-4 GB right now. (The A-4 is one of my top 5 faves along with the F-4, F-14, F/A-18, and S-3.)
Anyway, I'd like to contribute to the GB in the only I can - my parts box. I have a small cache of 1/48 Monogram and Hasegawa/Pro-Modeler Skyhawk parts. Unfortunately, no clear parts or fuselage halves remain. I thought I had parts of a KMC A-4 update set left, but I'll have to go back and double-check. Edit - It turns out all I have left from the KMC update set is the hotdog tail antenna and pylon sway braces. The parts box is bursting at the seams and I'll never use all the parts I have.
The number of parts I have left is too long to list here, so if you need something it would be best to PM me with a kit, part #, and description of the part (ie Hasegawa A-4, C3, left main gear door). I'll see if I have the part(s) and postage will be done on a case-by-case basis. (Little things like antennas, wheels, and pylons will just get sent off in an envelope.)
ATTN MODS - Thanks for pinning this thread.
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I can't find the thread that had the hit-/miss-list for the Italeri F-14A, but here's what I remember from memory.
The good news is that the panels lines are recessed. The bad news is that a lot of them are in the wrong places. Ooops I was thinking of the Academy kit.
Good news - the instrument coamings are good. Bad news - those are probably the best things about the cockpit - Academy & Monogram are better.
Good news - missiles are seperate from rails & racks. Bad news - the missiles themselves a little need help.
Good news - it looks a F-14 when finished. Bad news - comparing beside a Monogram/Academy/Hasegawa F-14 only points out it's shortcomings.
Good news - open & closed exhaust petals. Bad news - the gun bay vents look.... goofy.
The list goes on and on, but the list becomes more "bad news" than "good news". (Wheel proportion, tailhook, missing tail detail, wheel wells.......)
If I still had an Italeri F-14A and wanted to upgrade it, I'd pick up an original release Monogram F-14A kit (for as cheap as possible) for parts to fix the Italeri problems. The other route I'd take would be to take the best parts of the Italeri kit to upgrade the Monogram kit.
The Italeri F-14B has even fewer good points that their F-14A.
Any kit can be built. Making an inaccurate kit accurate is a question of how far one wants to go to fix it. Doing that and have a well-built kit is a measure of the modeler's skill and patience. The question is - do you think you have the patience?
I can't speak for anyone else. I can only speak for myself. I don't have the patience (or desire) to fix the Italeri F-14's shortcomings. Give me a Monogram F-14 instead, I can live with raised panel lines.
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Since the Monogram F-4J started out life as their F-4C/D, they accidentally left a few USAF features unchanged. 4 not-hard-to-fix things I can remember off the top of my head -
1) IFR door on spine ->just sand it off and scribe in the Navy-style IFR door on the right side next to the canopy
2) arrow-shaped re-inforcement plates on horizontal tails -> sand them off (Can they really be called "horizontal" on a Phantom?)
3) the rear cockpit - they changed the rear instrument panel, but stopped there -> find someone with a spare Hasegawa cockpit wall or just fab one yourself
4) main wheel hubs -> find someone with spare Hasegawa Navy ones, buy the True Details replacement, buy the Cutting Edge replacement, or convince Darren Roberts to add them to his Steel Beach line. <_<
(Just an aside - It's kinda interesting that Monogram also updated another McDonell Douglas Navy/Marine jet - their 1/48 F-18. It started out as a very good representation of the white-painted prototype. It was updated to become the A-18 kit (the original Monogram Blues Angels kit was the A-18 in blue plastic). It was updated again to become the F/A-18C (the current Monogram Blue Angels boxing is the C). Through all the changes, Monogram left a key features of the original kit of the prototype exactly the same 1) the two squarish vents behind the canopy, 2) the vents along at the base of the tail near the leading edge, and 3) the shape of the Sparrow fuselage fairings. They changed or were deleted from production jets, but Monogram never changed them. Their F-4 is kinda like that. They left the rear cockpit, IFR door, arrow-shaped re-inforcements, and main wheels unchanged from the F-4C/D. I'd bet that if Monogram ever produced an F-4S, they would have left those same things unchanged.
"F-4 Phantom - the true Rhino and worldwide distributor of MiG parts."
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VMFA-334, VMFA-232, & VMFA-212 flew the F-4J in Vietnam. VMFA-333 also flew the J and got the only Marine Phantom MiG kills while flying from USS America. Decals for all 4 squadrons can be found in 1/48. (I don't know if VMFA-235 used in the F-4 in VN, but decals exist for their F-4Js, too.)
VMFA-323, VMFA-115, VMFA-122, and VMFA-542 flew the F-4B in VN and decals exist for these jets in 1/48. VMFA-531 and VMFA-314 also flew the F-4B in VN, but I haven't found any VN-era 1/48 decals for them.
Following Navy squadrons scored MiG Kills over Vietnam in F-4Js - VF-31, VF-114, VF-33, VF-92, VF-96, VF-103, VF-142. Decals for all these squadrons can also be found in 1/48.
As others have already noted, the F-4J saw plenty of action just like the B/C/D/E, and RF-4B/Cs.
If you still want to convert a F-4J to a F-4B, check out this link - Peter Fey's F-4B Conversion
F-4 Phantom - the real Joint Strike Fighter, a dozen different countries can't be wrong!
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The OLD R/M Blues Angel kit was an A in blue plastic. The current R/M Blue Angel kit is a C in blue plastic, but is easy enough to backdate to an early lot C.
Converting it to a late lot C will take more work.
Converting to a A+ or current early/late lot C will require additional antenna changes/additions.
Converting it to a B or D requires more work than I want to think about.
Converting it to a E/F would be insane....
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The VMFA-232 CO's jet was BuNo163714. It's an early Lot F/A-18C so it doesn't have the NACES seat, the ECM antenna on the nose gear retract door, angled centerline pylon, non-grilled gun/radar bay vents or quad chaff buckets. (So you shouldn't need aftermarket parts for this.) I don't know whether it was later retrofitted with the bird slicer IFF antennas, swept comm or the GPS bubble on the spine. 163714 was -232's CO jet for a loooong time.
Here's a link to pics of it way back in about 1996 (or so). Link to earlier pics of 163714
By OIF I, VMFA-232 CO's jet was 163481 (also an early lot F/A-18C). It didn't have the bird slicer IFF antennas, but it did have the sweptback comm antennas and the GPS bubble retro-fitted by 2003.
Here's a link to a pic of that jet - navy.mil link to image
You can't go wrong with a Marine Hornet. (I'm still trying to recover from a really bad debacle of my creation earlier.)
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You're also on crack! The last time I checked, you served in the Marine Corps Devil Dog!
Dave
AW CRAP! It was supposed to read this -
"The usual CAVEAT - I've NEVER served in the Navy. I've never flown or maintained a F-14. I am not a GURU. I am a GOOFBALL and a
!"I type that so often that I should just set that up as my signature line. Yet more proof that I'm a goofball, history's only-living brain donor, and the southern end of a Northbound horse with diarrhea!
(Tank is gonna let me frickin' have it in the nutz now. Of course I deserve that kick in the ballz for that dumb-a ss mistake!)
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Gotta agree with the Steel Beach choice in terms of bang for the buck. Here's a link to a recent review of the LANTIRN set -
As long as I'm posting links, here's a recent review of the BOL rails I imagine you might be interested in -
The usual CAVEAT - I've served in the Navy. I've never flown or maintained a F-14. I am not a GURU. I am a GOOFBALL and a
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Just an image to illustrate what everyone else already has said -
The APU is right below the small dark tinted window and between the FOD cover & noseart in this photo. I've seen where all the FOD covers are removed before starting up the APU. The engines themselves are not started, just the APU. Once the wings & tail are extended, the APU is shut down and all the FOD covers are put back on. I don't have a clue why this is done. Maybe it's part of procedure. Maybe they don't want to melt the FOD cover next to the APU. I really don't know.
As for S-3 FOD covers for models, the Steel Beach ones in 1/48 look the part and are easy to apply. (hint.. nudge... wink...)<_<
CAVEAT - I have NEVER flown a real S-3. I have never worked on a S-3. I've never served in the Hoover community. That said, the information I've provided can still be completely wrong and really suck....
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Since the Kfir was a Mirage adapted to fit the F-4 Phantom engines they had available, I would presume that any F-4E/EJ/EJ-Kai/F/G/J/S aftermarket engines would do. (The IAF has/had F-4Es.) You might try searching for those items. One set that immediately pops into my mind is from AIRES (set # 4118).
Squadron has them in stock Link
I'm sure others will sets from other manufacturers and other stores, but that's what I could think of off the top of my head. Hope this helps.
Good news for eardrums everywhere
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I've never served in the Air Force - much less flown, been flown, maintained, ground-guided, or fueled a Tweet. So I'm completely convinced that I should set up a Tweet Flyway GB. (I can also say, "I loved the Tweet ever since I one as a kid at the Miramar Airshow.") Ooh, maybe I can change my screenname to "Tweetstalker" or "Tweet-tooth".
(I have eaten at the Hickham dining facility and been interviewed for the AF Academy, so I'm doubly unqualified to head up the GB.)
You guys are just hilarious!!! My proverbial hat's off to you guys! :P